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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Issa: 'Nobody's Going to be Surprised' If Trump Lied About Russia Meeting  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) appeared on Fox News for an interview with Neil Cavuto Saturday, and trashed former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as a “turncoat,” before downplaying the potential that President Donald Trump lied …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Fox News:
Giuliani says experts think ‘someone messed’ with Cohen tape  —  Rudy Giuliani explains that they need to hear the raw version of the Trump, Cohen tape that's been released.  Fox News' Ellison Barber reports from Berkeley heights, New Jersey.  —  President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy …
John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: 'Nobody's going to be surprised' if Trump approved Russia meeting
Discussion: Breitbart
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Giuliani: Cohen and Trump's legal teams have severed ties
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Rep. John Lewis hospitalized after falling ill on plane  —  ATLANTA - Channel 2 Action News has learned that Rep. John Lewis has been hospitalized at a metro area hospital.  —  Sources confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Lewis was hospitalized after becoming ill on a flight heading back to Atlanta on Saturday.
Discussion: ABC News
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CNN:
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis hospitalized  —  (CNN)Civil rights icon and Georgia congressman Rep. John Lewis has been hospitalized but is expected to be released Sunday, his spokeswoman says.  —  Spokeswoman Brenda Jones told CNN that Lewis is under routine observation but she did not give details …
Discussion: The Root
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Trump tariffs assailed at Koch network gathering  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Top officials from the powerful Koch network warned President Donald Trump's tariffs — and his divisive governing style — stand to create “long-term damage” to the country as donors assembled here to kick off their twice-yearly confab Saturday.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Associated Press:
‘Koch brothers’ rebrand underway, still a conservative force  —  The conservative Koch brothers are no more — even if they remain a political powerhouse.  —  The Democrats' super villains for much of the last decade have quietly launched a rebranding effort that may vanquish the “Koch brothers” moniker from American politics.
Dara Lind / Vox:
ICE agents pressured parents to be deported with their children — then separated them again when they refused  —  A new filing in the ACLU's family separation lawsuit recounts claims that ICE is trying to coerce newly reunited families.  —  A lawyer claims that several fathers have been separated …
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Washington Post:   ‘Deleted’ families: What went wrong with Trump's family-separation effort
Scott Bland / Politico:
Liberal secret-money network hammers House GOP  —  Nonprofits connected by a Washington-based hub have spent millions of dollars on TV ads on health care and taxes in key House districts.  —  A network of secret-money nonprofit groups has spent millions of dollars attacking swing-seat House Republicans …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Matt Kwong / CBC News:
In a divided U.S., therapists treating anxiety are hearing the same name over and over: Donald Trump  —  ‘Trump Anxiety Disorder’ may not be an official diagnosis, but therapists know the symptoms  —  “Is he gonna blow us all up?”  —  So inquired one of Elisabeth LaMotte's patients recently …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Therapists say they've seen a rise in anxiety under Trump: report
Discussion: twitchy.com
Mallory Moench / NBC News:
U.S. citizen's family was denied visas under Trump's travel ban.  Then he died by suicide.  —  Salem was one of thousands of Yemeni-Americans separated from non-U.S. citizen family members by Trump's travel ban.  —  In the early morning hours of July 18, Mahmood Salem told his family …
Discussion: HuffPost
Philip Jankowski / mystatesman:
City report on Confederate monuments raises idea of renaming Austin  —  Highlights  —  Renaming of seven streets worthy of immediate action, report states, but renaming Austin not a simple matter.  —  In discussion of possible changes, report also asks, 'What's next and where do we stop?'
Dan Gainor / Fox News:
Media continue attacking Trump despite his week of accomplishments and strong economic growth  —  If Ronald Reagan was the “Teflon president,” Donald Trump must be the Incredible Hulk president.  The more the left and the media attack him, the stronger he gets.  —  This past week was a great example.
Jeff Maysh / The Daily Beast:
How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions … On August 3, 2001, a McDonald's film crew arrived in the bustling beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island.  They carried their cameras and a giant cashier's check to a row of townhouses, and knocked on the door of Michael Hoover.
Washington Post:
Trump threatens again to shut down federal government over border-wall funding  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump threatened Sunday to shut down the federal government this fall if Congress does not pass sweeping changes to immigration laws, including appropriating more public money to build his long-promised border wall.
Discussion: Political Wire
Scott Barrett / The Newport Daily News:
Trump supporters, opponents clash at Spicer book signing |  VIDEO  —  WARNING: This video contains strong language.  —  MIDDLETOWN — Supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump verbally clashed inside and outside Barnes & Noble on Friday evening during a book signing …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he called media ‘enemy of the people’ in meeting with N.Y. Times publisher  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump said Sunday that he and the publisher of the New York Times discussed “the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media” during a recent private meeting at the White House.
Discussion: Axios
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
New Hampshire, 94 Percent White, Asks: How Do You Diversify a Whole State?  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Catalina Celentano used to hold training sessions for hospital workers in Lynn, Mass., to familiarize them with the cultures of patients from Cambodia, Russia and the Dominican Republic.
Discussion: twitchy.com and Althouse
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Mike Pence, Holy Terror  —  Are you sure you want to get rid of Donald Trump?  —  There are problems with impeaching Donald Trump.  A big one is the holy terror waiting in the wings.  —  That would be Mike Pence, who mirrors the boss more than you realize.  He's also self-infatuated.  Also a bigot.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon Thinks You're Underestimating Her.  She Thinks You're Wrong.  —  The actress-turned-candidate for governor is trying to convince skeptical New York Democrats to see beyond her political inexperience, like some did with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  —  Even then, no one was quite sure what to make of Cynthia Nixon.
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump focus of ads — both positive and negative  —  WASHINGTON — “Donald Trump is an embarrassment,” says a Florida gubernatorial candidate in one campaign ad.  “It's time to impeach Donald Trump and remove him from office,” says a Florida congressional candidate in another.
Discussion: Axios
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
What the DNC is doing 100 days from the 2018 midterms  —  The Democratic National Committee has reached 30 million voters and acquired 94 million cell phone numbers of registered voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, according to an internal document.  —  Why it matters: There are only 100 days until the election.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Newest U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan Mirrors Past Plans for Retreat  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is urging American-backed Afghan troops to retreat from sparsely populated areas of the country, officials said, all but ensuring the Taliban will remain in control of vast stretches of the country.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
 
 
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Emma Dumain / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Churches may have to pay taxes, and members of Congress may pay politically
Washington Post:
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New York Times:
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Matthew Hennessey / New York Post:
Wall Street finally taught Zuckerberg the lesson he deserved
Alistair Smout / Reuters:
Tech firms should be made liable for ‘fake news’ on sites: UK lawmakers
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
100 days: Dems have midterm edge, but it's not historic
Discussion: CNN, ABC News and RedState
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He ‘Opened Up Europe’ for Farmers. Europeans Disagree.
Discussion: American Greatness
New York Times:
In Georgia Governor's Race, a Defining Moment for a Southern State
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Discussion: Political Wire
Eve Peyser / New York Times:
I Wanted a Dog. I Bake Bread Instead.
Wendy Siegelman:
‘US Person 2’ in the case of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is George O'Neill …
Jay McKenzie:
Dustin Giebel and Russia's Controlled Opposition in Action: How Unwitting and Controlled Actors …
@thebudgetguy:
House Republicans Are In Almost Total Disarray As Summer Recess Begins
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Immigrant girl hides in auto shop after escaping attendants from Florida detention facility
Hugh Bronstein / Reuters:
U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by October but will not be made whole
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Our socialist president
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
[Thread] CBS News leaders told staff that Tony Dokoupil's interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Israel-Hamas war did not meet impartiality standards

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, sets out on a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Channel 4 reports 2023 revenue down 10.5% YoY to £1.02B and a pre-tax deficit of £52M, from a pre-tax £20M surplus in 2022, citing a “prolonged” UK ad downturn

 
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